Religion and Death in Homer's Odyssey How does the Ancient Greek beliefs of religion and death differ with the view of other cultural groups? Death, the way it is represented in Homer's book, The Odyssey, is always caused by human error. ... For example, The Odyssey begins with a scene containing a conversation among the gods. ... Human error is encountered in each one of Odysseus's adventures on his return home. ... In The Odyssey, it began with with a conversation among the gods, but are the gods real? ...

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All of these classes are shown very distinctly in the Odyssey. ... Homer depicted the social classes in the Odyssey just as one would expect to find in ancient Greece. ... In the Odyssey these meanings are in no way as deep as the meanings portrayed in the Odyssey. ... (Odyssey, 344) Homer continues on describing the encounter, saying that Odysseus kisses his son, and there are tears of joy. ... Along his long journey home, Odysseus was tempted many times to forget his wife and not return home. ...

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The epic hero, Odysseus in the Odyssey truly portrays the values of a people in a number of different ways. In the Odyssey, Homer shows how people admired good military leaders and how people admired the gods who helped people. ... For example, Odysseus did everything the gods told him to do because if he didn't, then he wouldn't have returned home, and the gods would have been mad. ... There are many examples of xenia in The Odyssey, but one is when Kirke let Odysseus and his men stay with her for a long time. ... In conclusion, Homer's The Odyssey showed the values of a peop...

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Homer was one of the great writers of ancient Greece. He is famous for writing both The Iliad and The Odyssey. ... We would not know as much as we do not about ancient warfare without homer. 2.) ... Homer's stories were not written down. ... One if his stories, The Odyssey, taught there was something much more important than battles, and death. ...

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Homer's epic tales played a big part in ancient Greek society. This relation can be easily seen in the vast number of artifacts that have been recovered from the ancient Greek time period which depict scenes from The Odyssey and The Iliad. Also, the fact that these epic tales themselves survived to be translated into modern English shows how important they were to the people of Homer's time, and to us. Homer's tales were seen as more than just stories. ... Homer truly was a man among men, and I hereby salute him for entertaining countless people over thousands of years. ...

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The ancient Greeks had a huge impact on western civilization. They have made major contributions to the world. They have done this through politics/democracy, the arts, literature, philosophy, science/math and war/military. To this day we see many of their practices still in us. Many countries ...

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The Greek and Roman World by W.G. Hardy contrasts the cultures and lifestyles of the Romans and the Greeks. Beginning with a brief overview of how the Greeks came about, Hardy explains the archaeological findings of German Businessman Schliemann and Englishman, Sir Arthur Evens. He also goes onto ...

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., and was illuminated five hundred years later in Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey, clearly following the oral traditions of ancient societies. ... In later Greek times, Helen was revered as a goddess, especially by the Spartans, her natal home. Homer's works became the Greek "bible", outlining for the Greeks their heroic past, and how they were to feel, think, and behave, including what was the most important facet of their life, fighting. ...

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Today the modern civilization only exists because of the major accomplishments of Greek or Hellenic people who lived approximately between 1150 B.C.E and 420 B.C.E. They introduced us to politics, democracy, philosophy, metaphysics, literature, architecture, history, entertainment and tragedy. All ...

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